ELCA Senior Pastors Conference

• Monday, May 7th, 2012

  • 3pm Registration available in lobby area

  • 5pm Registration & Fellowship in Hospitality Suite

  • 6:30pm dinner

  • Monday night following dinner---Andy Root “The Melting of Meaning and the Hyper-Real” Is the church different for a generation of people raised in the digital age? If their attention is directed toward computer, TV, and cell phone screens, are they constructing meaning in different ways than people in the past? We will explore the effects our screen-based living has on how we make meaning and the ways meaning has become harder to construct. What theological perspective might we take to address a generation making their primary meaning not in the “real” but in the “hyper-real” of screen worlds?

  • Hospitality afterwards

   

• Tuesday, May 8th

  • Optional Power Breakfast at 7:15am

  • Sessions start at 8:30am Session #1 Scott Vaughn was a 20-year newspaper writer, editor and publisher before entering vocational ministry as a church communication strategist. He will share how the church must communicate a clear message through all forms of media.

  • Andy Root—Session #2 “The Melting of Identity” One of the greatest pursuits for late modern people (especially those of younger generations) is to construct an identity for themselves. But as we have seen recently, the fluidity of our culture does not allow for our identities to be carved in stone. Instead our identities are always transitioning with new jobs, new marriages, and new ideas. The cultural necessity of identity transition can be painful and difficult; it is easy to feel lost within the transition. What then should the church do?

  • afternoon free

  • 5pm Fellowship at Hospitality Suite

  • 6:00pm dinner together

  • Hospitality afterwards

   

• Wednesday, May 9th

  • Optional Power Breakfast

  • Sessions start at 8:30am Scott Vaughn—Session #1,

  • Session # 2 Beth Lewis: “Gutenberg to Google: Proclaiming the Gospel in the 21st Century” Beth Lewis, President and CEO of Augsburg Fortress, will explore how the use of media to proclaim the Gospel is the same and has changed from the time of Martin Luther to the beginning of the 21st century. You’ll learn something about history and about how our reforming traditions are alive and well today. You’ll also get a glimpse of how technology can be used for faith formation, worship, and outreach!

  • afternoon  & evening free

  • 5pm Fellowship at Hospitality Suite

  • Dinner on your own (

  • Hospitality after dinner @ poolside rooms

   

• Thursday, May 10th

  • Optional Power Breakfast

  • Conversations with Bishop Hanson (8:30am)

  •  planning meeting

  •  10:30am worship with Holy Communion with Bishop Hanson Preaching

  •  "Go in Peace"

Thanks to our friends at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Augsburg Fortress, & Wheat Ridge

for providing significant support & funding.

dress code is always casual